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Fedex - Duty Or Not

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  • 25-12-2006 8:11pm
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    darrenw5094
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    I recently purchased a nice piece of kit for my guitar...Line 6 POD XT Live.
    About $450 or €353....comes in fairly big box....probably bigger than the box that comes with a new laptop.

    It was posted by Fedex last Monday from good ole US of A...New York.
    The seller put a value of $200 on the customs invoice in case I was caught out. It still hasn't arrived yet.

    I was wondering do the Irish customs stop packages from Fedex to charge the tax or will it sail through to my house?

    The extra tax might bump it up by €70 or so.
    Does anybody know if Fedex packages go through the customs for taxation reasons?

    Thanks,
    Darren.
    :(


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    aphex™
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    Yeah they charge tax. It is something which they do as a matter of business. I'd say the €70 is a bit conservative because they also take into account the shipping costs. They also add on their own "administrative" fee.

    Does the $450 include shipping?


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    darrenw5094
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,126 ✭✭✭darrenw5094


    Yes...all in for that amount....but the seller from New York put the value on the invoice for $200.

    Over.


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